Where's the hate? All the woman said was that she doesn't agree with government sanctioned gay marriage. Many religions (including Islam) consider homosexuality itself a sin. Why don't I see any protesters outside of Mosques? The only hate I see is on the left. Why is it that everyone who disagrees with liberal (progressive?) dogma must be driven out of business?

There are a lot of twits on here like "i didn't know" that think this is no big deal. Excuse me, twits, but do you realize that all these kids were getting tanked up and then planning on DRIVING HOME!?!?!?!?!

I agree. Every citizen has the right to self defense. Actually, I believe if you don't own a gun, and know how to use it, YOU are the irresponsible one. But I would pass legislation allowing each citizen to own just 6 bullets.

The fault does not belong to any one political party. The leading cause of the 2008 crisis was the American Bank Reform Act signed into law by Clinton with a Republican congress standing behind him. The main cause of the world economic decline is the steady decline of "producers", that is people who work and pay taxes. There are far too many people in the world who are welfare dependent and contribute NOTHING to the economoic picture except more welfare people.

Greece did not become the basket case it is because of its huge military or its generous foreign aide obligations. It collapsed because 40% of its people are on welfare.

Thank you very much, Mr. Cole. I don't think that we, as 21st century Americans truly grasp what you experienced back then. When our soldiers put themselves in harms way today they do so knowing that they are a part of the most modern and powerful military in the world. That wasn't the case for Mr. Cole and his mates.

At the time of Guadalcanal (a battle that lasted SIX MONTHS) both Japan and Germany were far more advanced and prepared for combat and were dominating the world militarily. The naval battle that Mr. Cole mentions was a huge defeat for the US Navy. When the US soldiers and marines awoke the next morning they found that their support fleet was GONE. They were alone on that island surrounded by the Japanese navy and army. They hung on through an incredible struggle fought mostly at night.

At the time that Mr. Cole was in his foxhole with his camera Midway and Stalingrad hadn't happened yet. The war was going badly for the Allies the world over. Guadalcanal was the first battle where US forces stood toe-to-toe with the Axis and came away with a costly victory. Bravo Mr. Cole!

As usual the point is missed. Why should the bank be viewed as the villain here? Why? Because they blindly loaned tens of thousands of depositors dollars to young people who have no credit record to speak of? Why shouldn't the University be obliged to give the obscene sums that they charged for the education back to the bank? This makes far more sense.

The fact that Big Universities are raping their customers is NOT the fault of the lending institutions.

I would like to wish a happy Earth Day to Enviro-Fundamentists everywhere on this, ther highest of all Holydays. Everybody is entitled to their religious beliefs and Enviro-Fundamentalists certainly have theirs.

I would caution them, though, to practice restraint in their zeal to shove their beliefs down everybody elses throat.

Actually I would just be satisfied if Earth day was recognized for what it is ... a religious holiday for those who worship the Earth. In that vein, perhaps the ACLU could fight to ban Medina County from having anything to do with it under the pretense of separation of church and state.

The problem with "no term limits" for elected officials is that all congressmen are NOT equal. Those who have been in office the longest have seniority. The longer you sit in office the more powerful you become. It is a breeding ground for corruption. For example: Senator Flood of Pennsylvania was an acknowledged crook. Everybody knew it but no one in PA wanted him out of office because he brought so much money back from Washington. That's NOT how the system is suppose to work!

The amazing thing about Kucinich is that, even though he had seniority he had NO real power in DC because ebverybody in Washington considered him a joke.

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